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Consider approval of Resolution 2020-162R, amending the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan for program year 2019-2020 adopted by Resolution No. 2019-121R to reallocate $125,000 from the Paul Pena Park Project to a new program for Substandard Home Demolition; authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to act as the Official Representative of the City in matters related to the CDBG-DR Program and Action Plan; and declaring an effective date.
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Meeting date: August 4, 2020
Department: Planning and Development Services
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Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: On June 18, 2019, City Council approved by Resolution 2019-121R the Program Year 2019-2020 Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Action Plan (“the 2019 CDBG Action Plan”) that provides for the allocation of $680,998 awarded to the City of San Marcos by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Program Year beginning October 1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2020. On March 3, 2020, City Council approved Resolution 2020-54R amending the 2019 CDBG Action Plan to reallocate $67,142 from the Unsafe Structures Program to the amount allocated for the Southside Community Center Rehab Program. On June 16, 2020, City Council approved Resolution 2020-131R amending the 2019 CDBG Action Plan to add the Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) allocation of $425,261 and approving projects for the use of $319,731 of those funds.
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Background Information:
On June 16, 2020, City Council directed staff to post for public review and comment the proposal to reallocate $125,000 previously awarded in the 2019 CDBG Action Plan to the Paul Pena Park project to be spent on a new Substandard Home Demolition program. The proposed amendment was posted for public comment from July 5 - August 4, 2020. Comments received by the time the City Council packet is assembled will be included in the packet; all comments received after that will be presented at the August 4, 2020 City Council meeting. The proposed program will provide funding for the demolition of homes deemed substandard by Code Compliance for which the owners do not have the funding to demolish the structure. A lien or similar mechanism will be placed on the property to recoup the cost of demolition if the property is sold. This program will benefit the neighborhood by clearing blight and provide a resource to low- to moderate-income owners to address the substandard structure.
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Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve this amendment to the 2019 CDBG Action Plan as presented.